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The Penny Black Changed the World logo - smallThis Penny Black Gallery section is full of colour images about the Victorian era and the postal service. Each individual Gallery relates to a section of the education pack. Many of these images appear in black and white within the pack.

This online Gallery is referenced within the education pack and should be used to enhance the activities.

It can be useful for setting pupils online research tasks within a limited online environment. No links from this section go outside the BPMA website.

The Galleries

Penny BlacksGallery 1 - Stamp Art shows the designs of some of the world's first postage stamps, including the Penny Black.



Rowland Hill as a young manGallery 2 - Rowland Hill is all about Rowland Hill, who introduced the world's first postage stamp.



Letter that has been cross writtenGallery 3 - The Penny Black is all about the introduction of the Penny Black and how it improved on the old postal system.


Mulready envelopeGallery 4 - Communication is all about Victorian communications around the world.



Mail coachGallery 5 - Transport is all about how transport changed during Victorian times.



PostmanGallery 6 - Victorian Innovations is all about the Victorian innovations connected with the postal reform of the nineteenth century.



Late Victorian Post OfficeGallery 7 - Did the Penny Black change the world? is all about the changes that happened as a result of the Penny Black.